The Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade and the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant today were named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, March 4 through Sunday, March 10.

John Wall says he deserves a max contract, claims ‘everywhere’ is his sweet spot

It is no great shock to learn that NBA players are confident in ways that exaggerate their measurable on-court contributions. However, that's not even typically a mark of a delusional personality - irrational confidence is often a necessary component of

The prospective owner of the Sacramento Kings is calling on fans in Seattle to sign up for a "priority ticket waitlist" as a way to show the NBA how much interest there is in bringing pro basketball back to the area.

Dallas Mavericks shooting guard Vince Carter has played a lot of roles in his career, from rookie sensation to franchise cornerstone to malcontent to valued scorer to journeyman veteran. Yet, despite that convoluted history and the likelihood that he'll…

A look around the league and the Web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: CelticsHub. As it stands, five games s…

The Golden State Warriors are hosting a ‘Bollywood Night’, leading to a fantastic look for the team’s arena (PHOTO)

On Monday, for the third consecutive season, the Golden State Warriors will hold a “Bollywood Night” at Oracle Arena, celebrating Indian culture and cinema. Tonight’s game against the New York Knicks proved to act as a fun one as it stood to begin,

Blake Griffin And DeAndre Jordan’s Top 10 Dunks Of March (So Far)

We’re not even two weeks into March yet and DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin have combined to amass enough top-10 worthy dunks for their own personal highlight reel. In just five games the stars of Lob City have staked their claim to not only the two be

In the wake of another incident in a career full of incidents, DeMarcus Cousins’ teammates are responding to his latest ejection (and likely suspension) with a round of shrugged shoulders. Playing out the string on another miserable lottery-bound season

ESPN News And NBA TV Both Aired Shows Two Weeks Ago That Had Zero Nielsen Viewers

Kate Aurthur took a look around the TV world to find shows that earned Nielsen's dreaded 0.0 rating-that's the fancy Nielsen metric that means nobody watched-from a random week in late February and early March. NBA Gametime, the NBA cable channel's fl

The NBA’s Top 10 Facial Dunks Of All Time

What makes NBA games so special and electrifying are the epic in-game dunks. Of course, we love the flashy passing and heart wrenching buzzer-beaters, but to be capsulated in a moment where someone gets posterized is beyond blissful. Let’s start by sayi

For all the flak we’ve given Dwight Howard over the last year and change about the way he weaseled out of Orlando, it’s time to give the Los Angeles Lakers center some credit for admitting some culpability in this annoying mess. With the Lakers set to

Dunk of the Year? DeAndre Jordan vs. Harrison Barnes

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Create-a-Caption: If only the Warriors’ new alternates provided more coverage

Sure, the rest of us might be a bit skeptical about the whole "short sleeves on an NBA jersey" thing, but Jarrett Jack is mad that adidas didn't go far enough. Any chance we can hook the Golden State Warriors point guard up with a full-on body…

Mavericks to sign PG Chris Wright, who will become first NBA player with multiple sclerosis

Unless you're a Dallas Mavericks die-hard, a Georgetown alum or a D-League aficionado, you might have missed or disregarded the Sunday night report by ESPN.com's Marc Stein that the Mavs planned to call up point guard Chris Wright from the developmental…

The Denver Nuggets: Contenders Or Pretenders?

The NBA is notorious for having a small number of teams with realistic championship expectations. While nearly half of the NFL can claim to be in the running, the NBA normally only has a handful of true contenders. The Heat, Thunder and Spurs have all e…

On Friday, we brought you the odd and disconcerting story of ex-NBA player Renaldo Balkman losing his mind after what he felt was a missed foul call in the closing minute of a loss suffered by the Petron Blaze Boosters, the Philippine Basketball Associa…

Jeff Green Had A Nasty Baseline Reverse Dunk In His Old Home

We have to give Jeff Green some credit. He really wanted to play well against his former teammates in OKC, and he was as aggressive as we’ve seen him all year. But it rarely worked out in his favor. Green finished yesterday’s loss shooting 2-for-11 fr

Hey, dude? Head's up. Three things about this: 1. The mop gent had rushed out to clean up after a possession that hadn't seen anyone hit the deck or anything; on the Toronto Raptors' previous trip down the floor, Jonas Valanciunas had gotten fouled on a…

When DeAndre Jordan threw down a massive alley-oop flush on Detroit Pistons guard Brandon Knight on Sunday evening, the reaction was swift, and Knight was the butt of it all. The play was packaged in video clips, Vine’d, and tweeted dozens of times befo

While there were bigger games, there was no bigger moment Sunday than DeAndre Jordan‘s dunk over Brandon Knight. Yeah, we’re going to lead with this from the Clippers’ 129-97 destruction of the Pistons in L.A. because it’s the one thing everyone i